Meta’s Muse AI agent uses conversations to help train Meta’s AI models by default, according to a privacy warning published by MEGA. Users who do not want their chats included must find and disable a model-improvement setting themselves.
The warning also says Muse nudges users to share bank account, email, and passport information. Meta says it strips key personal identifiers before sending data into training, but that safeguard does not resolve every privacy or cybersecurity concern raised by collecting sensitive information in the first place.
Privacy-conscious users can open Settings, select Data controls, and turn off “Help improve our AI models.” The setting leaves other questions unanswered, including whether earlier chats remain eligible for training and how long Meta retains the original information.
Muse Makes AI Training the Default
MEGA’s post says Muse users are automatically enrolled in model improvement unless they opt out. Citing Wired, it characterizes users as “unpaid AI trainers,” a pointed description of the value companies can extract from conversations at scale.
The post also says Muse reached No. 1 on Apple’s App Store. The supplied evidence does not provide important context for that ranking, such as the country, chart category, or date. Even so, rapid adoption would increase the number of people affected by a default that many could overlook.
Model training does not necessarily mean Meta employees manually read every conversation. It generally refers to collected data being used in systems that evaluate, fine-tune, or otherwise improve AI models. The available evidence does not establish the exact Muse process, which models receive the data, or how conversations are selected.
Users can therefore open Muse expecting an AI assistant and, unless they inspect its settings, also contribute their conversations to future model development.
How to Opt Out of Muse AI Training
The reported opt-out process takes three steps:
- Open Settings in Muse.
- Select Data controls.
- Turn off “Help improve our AI models.”
Afterward, users should return to the Data controls screen and confirm that the switch remains disabled. If the option is missing, they should check Muse’s current in-app privacy information instead of assuming training is already off.
